Acting on a sealed grand jury indictment, law enforcement Tuesday obtained a warrant to arrest Lacey Spears, a former Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., resident, on a charge of second-degree murder. Her son, Garnett, died Jan. 23 at Maria Fareri Childrens Hospital in Valhalla, N.Y.
edical crises, may have poisoned the little boy three times: once before he experienced seizures that sent him Jan. 17 to Nyack Hospital, again on Jan. 19 at Nyack when his sodium level spiked and he had to be flown to Valhalla; and a third time at Maria Fareri hospital after a doctor confronted Spears.
Witnesses told the Journal News that they saw a doctor at Maria Fareri confront Spears the night of Jan. 19, shortly after she and her son arrived there on an emergency helicopter flight from Nyack. The doctor told her it was metabolically impossible for her sons body to produce such extreme leve
Westchester County police; Ramapo, N.Y., police; and the district attorneys office also have secured medical records and video surveillance from Nyack and Maria Fareri hospitals and statements from medical staff and friends who accompanied Spears at both hospitals.
During Garnetts final hospital stay at Maria Fareri, Spears took to Facebook frequently, pleading for prayers as she posted pictures of her son on life support, noting that the pain in his head was making him scream out loud.
